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The relationship between total seasonal rainfall and yield of maize in the Kenya highlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

J. Glover
J. Glover
Affiliation:
East African Agriculture and Forestry Research Organization, Muguga
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A study of the climate within the maize-growing areas of the West Rift area of the Kenya Highlands showed that rainfall is the major meteorological variable.

A further investigation showed that average yields of maize in subdistricts within the region are markedly affected by changes in seasonal rainfall and are apparently unaffected by large changes in acreage planted from year to year over a period of eleven years.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , October 1957 , pp. 285 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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